5 Hormone Balance Mistakes I Made as a Hormone Coach (And What I'd Tell You Now) | E300

What if the hormone advice you've been following for months, maybe even from me, is the reason your PMS and low energy refuse to budge? Episode 300 of Happily Hormonal is here, and I'm celebrating by confessing five things I was wrong about as a hormone coach. When I started this podcast a little over four years ago, I had no clue what I was signing up for. Now I'm sitting in a closet in my office (sometimes walking with the skunks, if you've been listening lately) recording number 300, and I'm so grateful you're here. If you've been around since the early days, hi, OG. If you're new, welcome, grab a seat. I taught all of this with so much confidence. Some of it came from nursing school, some from the functional health world, and some from the crunchy corner of the internet that we all love and occasionally take a little too far. Then the research changed, my clients taught me a ton, and my own life taught me the rest, in ways I would never have scheduled. So I'm peeling back the curtain on what I believed then and what I do now for hormone balance, PMS, periods, and energy. Whether you learned this stuff from me or from a podcast you binged during a 2 a.m. feeding, this episode is for you. What you'll hear in this episode: Why fixing one hormone at a time (a supplement for every lab value, anyone?) had me playing whack-a-mole, and the big picture I'd teach first if I could start over The food rule I preached in my early practice that left my clients starving at family dinners, plus what I do now instead of food sensitivity testing My McDonald's confession, because yes, I have lines, and yes, I would still eat there before starving The rabbit trail habit that keeps so many women stuck, and the sneaky blind spot that might be hiding in your breakfast Why "you're just stressed" is so annoying to hear from a doctor, and what that sentence was missing The achiever belief no supplement can outwork, and the season of life that finally taught me how to rest Let's get real about where you might be sitting right now. You track your cycle. You take the magnesium. You gave up gluten and dairy and a few foods you really miss. Your labs come back "normal," and you're still on the couch with cramps, snapping at the person who just asked what's for dinner, wondering, "Why do I feel like this every month?" That used to be exactly where I met my clients. Honestly, it's also where I kept some of them longer than I should have, because I treated every symptom like its own little problem with its own little supplement. And that loop is so real. Progesterone looks low, so you add something. Periods are heavy, so you add something else. Two weeks go by with no big shift, and the brain jumps to: "Is it mold? Is it oxalates? Am I allergic to blueberries?" Your pantry keeps shrinking, your supplement cabinet keeps growing, and you're researching MTHFR at midnight. I did this with my clients, and it wore all of us out, me included. Then there's the pressure to do all of it perfectly, which adds its own stress. Your body reads stress as a reason to hold back on ovulation and progesterone, so the "perfect" plan can quietly work against you. If you're a high-achieving mom, you may have just gone quiet, because "I'm fine, I can handle it" has been your motto for years. I know that voice. I lived in it until life made me slow down, and I'd love to save you from learning it my way. Episode 300 gives you a clearer picture of how your hormones respond to your whole life: food, sleep, sunlight, stress, your people. You'll hear where I got it wrong, where the research shifted, and what I'd do for my clients, and for you, if I could go back. You get to keep your standards (I will always restrict the heck out of McDonald's). Your body just gets a lot more room to breathe. So go ahead and press play on episode 300 while you fold the laundry that's been living in the basket since Tuesday, stir dinner, or hide in your own closet (no judgment, I record from mine). I think you'll talk back to your phone at least once, and I'm completely fine with that. NEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES: Breakfast Guide Nourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONAL Book a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with me Grab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start Guide Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most! Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months. Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them) Join us in Safety School for Moms (FREE) right here to make hormone balance, better moods, and better periods EASY.  Don’t forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine. This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection. 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